العربية (الأصل)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا تَقَدَّمُوا رَمَضَانَ بِيَوْمٍ وَلَا بِيَوْمَيْنِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ يَصُومُ صَوْمًا فَلْيَصُمْهُ.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Before you there was a man who killed ninety-nine people. He asked about the most knowledgeable person on earth and was directed to a monk. He went to him and said: I have killed ninety-nine people — is there any repentance for me? The monk said: No. So he killed him, completing a hundred. Then he asked about the most knowledgeable person on earth and was directed to a scholar. He said: I have killed a hundred people — is there any repentance for me? The scholar said: Yes, and what could come between you and repentance? Go to such-and-such land, for in it are people who worship Allah the Almighty — worship Allah with them, and do not return to your land, for it is an evil land. So he set out, and when he was halfway, death came to him. The angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him. The angels of mercy said: He came repenting, turning his heart to Allah the Almighty. The angels of punishment said: He never did anything good. An angel in the form of a man came to them, and they made him their judge. He said: Measure the distance between the two lands — whichever one he is closer to, he belongs to. They measured and found him closer to the land he was heading toward, so the angels of mercy took him.'